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Stately Bodies: Literature, Philosophy, and the Question of Gender (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Adriana Cavarero
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Description for Stately Bodies: Literature, Philosophy, and the Question of Gender (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Paperback. Explores the curious prevalence of bodily metaphors in conceptions of noncorporeal institutions: the state, the law, and politics itself Translator(s): Shemek, Deanna; Lucca, Robert De. Series: Body in Theory S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Stately Bodies explores the curious prevalence of bodily metaphors in conceptions of noncorporeal institutions: the state, the law, and politics itself. The book builds on work from Adriana Cavarero's well-received study, In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy. In that work Cavarero -as political theorist, philosopher, classicist, and close reader- examines literary and philosophical texts from Greek antiquity to modern to reveal the paradox that characterizes notions of the body politic in Western political philosophy. She examines bodily metaphor in political discourse and in fictional depictions of politics, including Sophocles' Antigone, Plato's ... Read more
Stately Bodies explores the curious prevalence of bodily metaphors in conceptions of noncorporeal institutions: the state, the law, and politics itself. The book builds on work from Adriana Cavarero's well-received study, In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy. In that work Cavarero -as political theorist, philosopher, classicist, and close reader- examines literary and philosophical texts from Greek antiquity to modern to reveal the paradox that characterizes notions of the body politic in Western political philosophy. She examines bodily metaphor in political discourse and in fictional depictions of politics, including Sophocles' Antigone, Plato's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Body in Theory S
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472066742
SKU
V9780472066742
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About Adriana Cavarero
Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Philosophy, University of Verona, and frequently is Visiting Professor. New York University. Her books Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood and In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy were published by Routledge.
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